Rabindranath Tagore
Indian poet, Nobel laureate
Sayings by Rabindranath Tagore
The English are a race of shopkeepers, and they have brought their shopkeeping mentality to governance.
Nationalism is a great menace. It is the greatest evil that the world is faced with today.
The present civilization is suffering from a moral breakdown due to its worship of money and power.
The machine has created a Frankenstein monster, which is now devouring humanity.
The political game of hide-and-seek, with its constant compromises and deceits, is unworthy of human beings.
The idea of a perfect state is a dangerous illusion, for it always leads to tyranny.
The Western concept of progress is a treadmill that leads nowhere.
Modern education is a factory for producing clerks, not free human beings.
The greatest curse of India is caste, which has divided our people and made them weak.
Religion, when it becomes organized, becomes a cage for the human spirit.
The cult of the nation is a cult of selfishness.
The powerful are always afraid of the weak, and that is why they oppress them.
The greatest tragedy of modern times is the dehumanization of man by the machine.
The West has given us science, but it has not given us wisdom.
The idea of a 'chosen people' is a dangerous delusion that leads to hatred and conflict.
Modern civilization is based on plunder and exploitation.
The pursuit of material wealth leads to spiritual poverty.
The true liberation of India will come not from political freedom, but from spiritual awakening.
The greatest enemy of mankind is not war, but ignorance.
The cult of efficiency is a dehumanizing force.